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paid..

anymore?

Hey guys I regret to inform that I will not be able to pay tomorrow because unexpected expenses have arisen and I will not be able to pay in full. I am sure there are more than enough people to fill my position on the group buy. Dangit!!!!!!!

there better be.

This is a problem when people back out of buys like this. There have been 2 to drop out today.

I'm still in and just waiting on this money! If I dont recieve it by tomorrow I'm probably gonna go into my old work and ask about it!

Sending money today--Silver for me, please.

OK, wait......for a non-technical car dummie like me, what is the vacuum block for? is it necessary? i have the money ready, but now with the added options, i don't know what to get. will the egr fix be included?

the intake manifold has vaccuum ports on it for your accessories like cruise control, map sensor, etc.. This manifold was designed for other vehicles, not the protege. When you try to re-hook up your vaccuum fittings on this new manifold they won't match up. You'll have to either run new lines or splice lines etc.

With the vaccuum block you will run 1 main line from the manifold to the brake booster and the block will go inbetween there. It has multiple barbed fittings that come off it and you just plug your stock lines into the block. Done. (after capping off all open ports on the manifold). Much easier to wire everything up.

i have three manifolds on the workbench right now and a fourth one on the way in. as payments come in i will order some more. we're going to put them through a comprehensive cleaning and reconditioning process before anything else. there are plenty of vacuum ports on these manifolds to run the old lines to, but the vacuum block could make adding additional vacuum sources (MAP sensors, boost gauges, etc) and re-working older ones easier. i'm hoping to have these ready to ship by or before christmas.

as for the EGR fix, i may not be able to include that for free. i wasn't able to secure decent oem tubes from my suppliers, so I will be contacting mazda about getting new ones. its fairly easy to build an EGR solution for these on my own, and will throw that in for free if the cost is not prohibitive on my end, which i cannot expect it to be.

thanks everyone so far, i think you will all be pleased with the results and final product!

w00t w00t

im trying to manage my money right now, since i got to pay a $135 loitering ticket, wasnt expecting it to be that much so that has screwed me up prety good right now, but i think i will be fine, got to wait for check to cash and pay that ticket and see what i got to play with.

OT, yes, but I've never heard of ANYONE actually getting a ticket for loitering. Are you kidding me? I gotta hear that story.

$ pp'd yesterday Ken

ken told me he's had 4 paid and he's got 4 manifolds... was anyone going to do powdercoating so I can start prepping. I need to oprder new powders this week if so.